Stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Saying NO to the Cut

Amref Health Africa partners with communities in Kenya and Tanzania to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) through community-led ceremonies known as Alternative Rites of Passage.

16,000 girls have gone through an Alternative Rite of Passage without FGM/C (also known as the Cut).

Students from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada visited a Maasai community in Kenya to find out why community members decided to replace FGM/C with an Alternative Rite of Passage.

Watch this short video to see why this community is saying NO to the Cut

Our Global Vision to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030

Globally, more than 200 million women and girls alive today have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM, also known as Female Genital Cutting or FGC).

Another 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing FGM/C every year.

FGM/C: Violation of Human Rights

FGM/C is recognized internationally as a violation of human rights.

Amref Health Africa views FGM/C as a gross violation and subjugation of women and girls that enforces violence, early marriage as well as underage pregnancies and denies young girls the right to achieve their full potential.